TechBox 2023: The Travellers and The Listeners

This summer, TechBox returns to Freespace, inviting the audience on a poetic exploration of media art experimentation with the full-scale audio-visual performance The Travellers and The Listeners.

Loosely based on Walter de la Mare’s poem The Listeners, The Travellers and The Listeners is a collaborative creation by cross-disciplinary artist Samson Young, lighting and sound designers Kaki Lai and Gut Lam, set and costume designer Ayami Oki-Siekierczak, videographer Leung Ho-sing, musicians William Lane and Linus Fung, and performer Woo Yat-hei. Moving away from the AI-generated audio-visuals of last year’s work-in-progress presentation, the event explores stage applications of media technologies and sophisticated soundscapes, combining video and live performance in an audio-visual adventure.

With Young’s scores played live against a backdrop of video, The Travellers and The Listeners offers a surreal journey into the unknown – a sensorial experience shaped by experimentations in sound, lighting and moving image.

Each performance consists of a cyclical structure looping over a period of three hours. The audience are free to enter or leave the venue at any point during that time.

17, 21–23 July 2023 (Monday, Friday–Sunday)
7:30pm–10:30pm